Dr Clare Hall - Researcher Profile

Biography

Clare Hall is Lecturer in Performing Arts in the Faculty of Education and works with pre-service teachers in primary and early childhood education courses. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Music at the Victorian College of the Arts, Clare performed as a violist in a range of musical groups ranging from orchestral to Greek folk music in Australia and Europe.

Whilst teaching English to young children in Turkey she discovered her passion for early childhood education. She has taught music in schools from K-Year 12 specialising in primary and early years and has a particular interest in children's singing and musical identities.

Clare's current research focus is gender and class issues in music education. Her masters research sought to understand and improve boys' singing in the first year of school and her doctoral dissertation, which is a sociological study of boys' singing and young masculinities, is currently under examination.

Research & Supervision Interests

• Sociology of music education
• Cultural study of music
• Gender and class issues in education
• Arts education
• Narrative research methods

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2012

PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2012

MASTER OF EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2008

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MUSIC

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2008

GRADUATE DIPLOME OF EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2008

Publications

Book Chapters

Hall, C.A., 2009, 'Without music I'd just be another kid': Boys and the choral experience, in Male Voices: Stories of Boys Learning Through Making Music, eds Scott D. Harrison, ACER Press, Victoria, Australia, pp. 16-32.

Journal Articles

Hall, C.A., 2010, Book Review - "Masculinities and music: Engaging men and boys in making music" (by Scott Harrison), British Journal of Music Education [P], vol 27, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 203-204.

Hall, C.A., 2007, Singing spaces: boys getting vocal about singing in and out of school, Redress, vol 16, issue 1, Association of Women Educators, Australia, pp. 23-27.

Hall, C.A., 2005, Gender and boys' singing in early childhood, British Journal of Music Education, vol 22, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 5-20.

Hall, C.A., 2004, Improving boys' singing: early childhood considerations, Bulletin of the International Kodly Society, vol 29, issue 2, International Kodaly Society, Hungary, pp. 41-48.

Conference Proceedings

Hall, C.A., 2006, If I didn't sing I'd go mad: narrative research in boys' singing, Proceedings of the XXVIIIth Annual Conference: Music Education: Standards and Practices, 24 September 2006 to 26 September 2006, Australian Association for Research in Music Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 28-36.

Hall, C.A., 2005, Sweet boys and noisy girls: deconstructing male gender stereotypes in the early years, Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research, 14 July 2005 to 16 July 2005, University of Washington School of Music, Seattle, pp. 1-10.

Hall, C.A., 2004, Understanding and improving boys' participation in singing in the first year of school, Proceedings of the XXVIth Annual Conference 25-28 September 2004, 25/09/2004 to 28/09/2004, Australian Association for Research in Music Education (AARME), Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 177-190.

Teaching Commitment

• EDF1324 ECE: CREATIVE ARTS
• EDF1124 MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS
• EDF2241 READING POPULAR CULTURE
• EDF3303 INTEGRATING THE CURRICULUM: CREATIVE EXCHANGE

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The Role of Music, Movement and the Arts as Vehicles for Teaching Spirituality in Jewish Education.

Supervisors:

Bone, J (Joint), Hall, C (Joint-co).